...To date, the majority of instructional communication research has been done in the United States, which largely represents the Anglo culture (McCroskey & McCroskey, 2006). Studies show instructional behavior is effective in raising students’ perceived cognitive learning and motivation in the US (Ellis, 2000). However, whether these teaching behaviors can be transferred from the US to other cultures is unclear. Several teaching behaviors studied in instructional communication lead to different results based on cultural contexts (Zhang & Oetzel, 2006). Teacher confirmation is an instructional behavior that helps students’ perceived learning in the classroom (Ellis, 2000). Goodboy and Myers (2008) affirmed a positive relationship between...
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...Studies THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL COMPETENCIES AND STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS AMONG THE GRADE 7 TEACHERS OF CARMONA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR 2015 – 2016 In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Management Ethics For Educational Management in Graduate Studies Anna Gianelli S. Espino Maricar H. Delos Reyes Rosalie N. Pandan October 17, 2015 DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY – DASMARIÑAS College of Education Graduate Studies THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL COMPETENCIES AND STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS AMONG THE GRADE 7 TEACHERS OF CARMONA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR 2015 – 2016 In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Philosophical, Sociological and Psychological Foundations of Education For Educational Management in Graduate Studies Anna Gianelli S. Espino Maricar H. Delos Reyes Rosalie N. Pandan October 17, 2015 Chapter 1 Introduction Background of the Study Communication is about more than just exchanging information. It's about understanding the emotion and intentions behind the information. Effective communication is also a two-way street. It’s not only how you convey a message so that it is received and understood by someone in exactly the way you intended, it’s also how you listen to gain the full meaning of what’s being said and to make the other person feel heard and understood. Some students are weak in the communicative ability or skills particularly in oral communication which are essential...
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...Factors of Behavior Human behavior has been a focus of study and research for a number of years, and as the fields of sociology, psychology, and science continue to make advancements, so do the theories related to behavior. Due to the growing emphasis being placed on student achievement within academic settings, these theories have become of particular interest for those working with students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Several factors, including biological influences, family relationships, school environments, and cultural values impact how students conduct themselves. In an effort to reduce or eliminate the occurrences of problematic behaviors, educators, behavior management specialists, counselors, and administrators are turning to applied behavior analysis (ABA) and functional behavioral assessments to determine and address the various factors that contribute to disruptive behaviors. Biological Factors When assessing the root causes for emotional and behavioral disorders, biological determinants are often overlooked or disregarded (Johnson, 1989). However, recent research indicates that there are several biological factors related to the prevalence of ADHD and conduct disorders. Neurological deficits, chemical imbalances, and poor nutrition can have a direct impact on the choices that students make (Johnson, 1989). Environmental contexts can serve to either intensify or diminish the level of influence these factors have over behavior. Neurological...
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...In-Class Courses Technology advancements continue to influence daily lives, and have increasingly challenged the traditional education system in recent years. The popularity of online courses as an alternative to traditional classroom courses has drawn attention to the quality of education between the two types of learning environments. Online courses have great advantages, offering students the flexibility to learn on their own time. Classroom courses boast face-to face-interactions, which is hard to replicate in the online classroom setting. Although online learning can be a great enhancement to in-class learning, it should not replace the classroom experience due to the interaction between the professor and the student, development of peer relationships, and the effectiveness of the in-class learning setting. Before the two types of courses can be compared, it is important to distinguish and define their features. In-class courses refer to traditional lectures, where the students attends class at scheduled times, participating in live discussions with their peers and professors. Online learning utilizes the Internet to connect students with each other and the professor, providing course material through a website, and discussions through email and online forums. One factor that greatly influences the student’s learning experience is the interaction between students and their professors. Classroom learning provides the opportunity for the professor to adapt class...
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...TEACHER’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS TEACHING, PATTERN OF CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS AND PUPILS ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE A thesis Presented To the Faculty of the Graduate School RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEMORIAL COLLEGES General Santos City In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement of the Degree Master of Arts in Education By WILFREDO PIL UTRERA January 2012 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis entitled “TEACHER’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHING, PATTERNS OF CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS AND PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE” prepared and submitted by Wilfredo Pil Utrera, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree leading to Master of Arts in Education, has been examined and is recommended for acceptance and approval for Oral Examination. JOHNNY S. BANTULO, MA . Adviser Comprehensive Examination – Passed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PANEL OF EXAMINERS GERALDINE D. RODRIGUEZ, Ed. D. Chairman ___________________________ ___________________________ Panel Member Panel Member ___________________________ Panel...
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...THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. INTRODUCTION The U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment (OTA, 1995) has re-ported that helping teachers “effectively incorporate technology into the teaching and learning process is one of the most important steps the nation can take to make the most of past and continuing investments in educational technology” (p. 8). Most researchers agree that the successful use of computers and ICT in the classroom is dependent on positive teacher attitudes toward computers AND ICT (Lawton & Gerschner, 1982; Woodrow, 1992). Successful classroom practice also includes fostering positive perceptions of information technology among students (Knezek, Miyashita, & Sakamoto, 1993) Teacher is an effective and dominating factor among the ones contributing to educational improvements. The teacher effectiveness depends mainly on the teachers' attitude, characteristics and the classroom phenomena such as environment and climate, organisation and management. Various commissions and committees have recommended methods of bringing about qualitative improvements in education. As a result, the teachers are motivated, inspired and endured to develop better curriculum, text books and teaching aids. But, all the efforts are meaningless unless teachers are not having the positive attitude towards educational technology. The teaching learning process has been greatly...
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...DOES THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM INCREASE STUDENTS‟ OVERALL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE? A Thesis Presented to the Faculty in Communication and Organizational Leadership Studies School of Professional Studies Gonzaga University Under the Supervision and Mentorship of Dr. Heather Crandall In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Communication and Leadership Studies By J. Mariah Brown December 2011 Technology in the Classroom 2 Abstract Technological advances and a decrease in the cost of technology have resulted in nearly 93 percent of public schools classrooms in the United States having access to the Internet, and a considerable increase in educational programs that incorporate technology into the curriculum (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, 2005). Due to the prevalence of technology in the classroom, the effectiveness of such programs has become a prevailing research topic amongst social scientists. This thesis reviews past research and provides an analysis of relevant studies conducted within the last ten years. Using Daft and Lengel‟s media richness theory as a basis, this meta-analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the effect of technology enhanced learning (TEL) programs on K-12 students‟ overall academic performance and factors that can increase the effectiveness of such programs. Technology in the Classroom 3 Technology in the Classroom 4 Table of Contents CHAPTER I:...
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...Towards Non-Verbal Communication in the Classroom of a Secondary School Teachers’ understandings on students’ behaviours are highly required nowadays especially to the students in secondary schools. Students in this present day are engaging in many characters and every of it has meaning. Usually, when students do certain behaviours, they might want something from the teachers, for example attention. There are some students who do not acquire proper language to speak out their problems to the teachers and as a result, they speak through their behaviours. Therefore, communication is very important among teacher and students in order to understand each other. Misbehaved students referred to the students who do any activity in the classroom that can cause interferences during the learning process. Unpreparedness for class, talking in class, rudeness to teachers, fighting and cheating were some of the misbehaviour activities that can interrupt the process of teaching and learning (Slavin, 2001; Hussain, 2005 as cited by Omoteso & Semudara, 2011). These misbehaviours were caused by many factors such as violence in media, broken families as well as drugs. Apart from that, school also gave greater impact on these misbehaviours. Therefore, classroom management is very important in dealing with this issue and teachers are expected to take few actions in handling these misbehaviours and one of them is classroom communication. As mentioned, classroom communication plays an important...
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...stress levels of grade school teachers: their relationship to teacher performance. (Unpublished master’s thesis). Trinity College of Quezon City, Quezon City. - This study was conducted to determine the relationship between job stress and teaching performance among one hundred-fifteen (115) grade school teachers of Xavier School. Specifically, it delved on the sources of stressors in the organization such as school environment, organizational climate, organizational health, organizational communication and organizational leadership. cademic Performance of Elementary Pupils in Relation to their Nutritional Status (Free Questionnaire) I. What are the different factors that affect the academic performance of elementary pupils? This study deals with the factors that determine the school-related performance of elementary students; in particular to their health and nutritional status. The objectives of this article are relevant to the health and nutritional conditions of many school children, especially in public schools. In this same fashion, this is also related to the relationship between the academic performance of the school children and their nutritional health. All these aspects are vital in promoting a quality and effective education as well as providing the elementary pupils an equality of rights in learning. However, governments in various nations are constructing new class rooms, providing textbooks and other learning materials for the elementary students; as...
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...Vol. 2, No. 1, April 2005 Strategies for Effective Communication of Educational Instructions in Nigeria Ezeja Ogili School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education Institute of Management and Technology Enugu, South-East, Nigeria Abstract Effective communication is usually the result of a careful selection of the appropriate medium or combination of media available. This is to ensure the transmission of message from one source to another by the use of form or illustration that seems desirable. It is referred to as the interaction of an individual or group with the environment through all the senses. The practical justification is that it is an instrument for accelerating the pace of all human transformation, to shake-off inertia in a people, achieve mobilisation and direct their productive forces in improving their living condition. This is also to show the relevance of teaching as a profession and the impact of a teacher in influencing the future development and growth of a learner. Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) design, production and their use facilitate the teaching and learning outcomes. However, the success of using the TLMs to meet the teaching objectives demands effective communication to satisfy instructional delivery. INTRODUCTION Communication as a concept has its origin from a Latin word ‘communicare’ which means to share or establish commonness. It can therefore be said that human communication means the process of sharing meaning, ideas, thoughts...
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...School Context, Student Attitudes and Behavior, and Academic Achievement: An Exploratory Analysis Theresa M. Akey, Ph.D. January 2006 This paper was funded by the William T. Grant Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Principal funding for First Things First comes from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Additional support to supplement the core project comes from the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. A grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts for MDRC’s research methodology initiatives was an important source of funding for the First Things First Classroom Observation Study. Dissemination of MDRC publications is supported by the following funders that help finance MDRC’s public policy outreach and expanding efforts to communicate the results and implications of our work to policymakers, practitioners, and others: Alcoa Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Open Society Institute, and The Starr Foundation. In addition, earnings from the MDRC Endowment help sustain our dissemination efforts. Contributors to the MDRC Endowment include Alcoa Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Anheuser-Busch Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Ford Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Grable Foundation...
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...Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Background of the Study In any given classroom and school activity of relatively extended duration and complexity, students’ engagement is never homogeneously high and productive, but rather it fluctuates depending on a number of factors (Mcwayne et al., 2012; Mattingly et al., 2013) such as parental involvement (Ho & Williams, 2008; McNeal, 2009; Jose et al., 2010;). Students engage better in school when parents play a positive role in their learning process (Jackson, 2010; 2011; Green et al., 2012). Students are more likely to make a personal commitment to engage in rigorous learning when they know parents care about how well they do (Kilgore, Snyder & Lentz, 2008; Keyes, 2010). However, despite the crucial role of parents, studies in relation to their involvement remain scarce. Students’ low engagement with academic activities is considered the main reason for dissatisfaction (Kuh, 2009), negative experience, and dropping out of school (Linnenbrink&Pintrich, 2009; Jimmerson, Campos & Greif, 2010). One of the contributory factors is the level of parents’ positive interference to the academic journey of the school (Brookmeyer, Fanti&Henrich, 2008). More significantly, most findings show positive relationship between parental involvement and students’ engagement in school and in the classroom (Dauber & Epstein, 2008; Gorard, Rees &Fevre, 2009;Cotton, 2011;Fantuzzo et al., 2012). Nevertheless, the understanding...
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...Classroom Environment There is a lot of stress on schools and teachers to include curriculum that is appropriate and applicable to the challenges of modern life. When social issues arise through the content of school, students' daily lives and their exposure to the media; teachers must step up to the challenge. When a social issue is the focus of study, teachers need to consider how to ensure that treatment of the issue so that it is comprehensive and reasonable, and also how to avoid moral relativism without oppressing student's own opinions. Every teacher knows that a safe, clean, comfortable and attractive classroom can stimulate learning and help build a classroom community. To promote social development in the classroom teachers should incorporate life skills into their lessons. Teachers should encourage students to clam themselves and help them to find ways to do so. This is also known as conflict resolution skills. When children learn conflict resolution skills they are able to effetely work through problems without violence. Teachers should help students to set goals, both academic and personal. This goes along with Maslow's social development theory. Maslow said that self-actualization can be done by setting goals or "to find self-fulfillment and realize one's potential" (Huitt, 2004). By doing this teacher are providing positive examples of what goal setting can do. Teachers need to encourage interaction between others students . This can be done by having students...
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...discipline. 2.1 Economic Literacy One of the goals of economic education is fostering economic literacy among students, therefore, it is important to define economic literacy and relate this goal back to instructor’s style of teaching economics as well as what economic literacy means. One definition of economic literacy is the ability to go beyond classroom learning and to use economic concepts in one’s own life, even years after being in the classroom ( Salemi, 2005). 2.2 Economic Education Economics education involves the use of appropriate teaching methodology in the understanding of economics as a concept and facilitates the in-depth residual knowledge of the learners in order for them to contribute meaningfully to the growth and development of the society. Economics education involves imparting knowledge effectively by making use of learners centered approaches to promote learner self confidence in tackling economic problems (NOU,2012). 2.3 Present State of Economic Education There has been a great deal of research on economic education. Much of the research has focused on the effectiveness of economics courses, which in turn has engendered discussions on what the goal of economic education should be and how to achieve that goal, specifically what curriculum should be followed and what, if any, instructional techniques have the biggest impact (Lisa, 2012). One of the studies claimed that economics has not been given its rightful place in the secondary school curriculum...
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...Bandura’s social cognitive theory is the framework for learning, based on the relationship between behavior, personal factors, and factors in the environment (Institute for Dynamic Educational Advance). Factors for social cognitive theory are based on a social or physical environment. Social environments encompass friends, colleagues, and family. Physical environments could run the gamut as vast as a particular food, securing a room size, room temperature, consideration of classroom setting, or an e-learning classroom online. The social cognitive theory explains the process functions of humans and aspects of emotional behaviors. In understanding these behaviors, the process of understanding behavioral change becomes clearer. According to Burney (2008), this cognitive process provides a backdrop for humans to observe their environment and others, using the information gathered to self-regulate their functions. Bandura introduced self-efficacy as the center of social cognitive theory. As one of the most studied topics in psychology, self-efficacy is one’s own belief in their outcome on succeeding in any given situation, based on a person’s belief system of thinking, feeling, and the person’s response or behavior (University of Twente, 2010). As populations have become more diverse, the global educational area has grown to encompass more students that are technology-rich (Gunter, 2007). As institutions of higher learning seek additional ways to provide and improve upon existing...
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